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King in Black #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free“Chapter One: Reign”
Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman launch their symbiote epic with a cover that says everything about the stakes: a towering, pale-skinned Knull looms over the chaos below as Venom stands defiantly at the center, flanked by Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Wolverine — Marvel's heaviest hitters bracing for a fight that looks far from winnable. The composition, inked by JP Mayer, perfectly captures the scale of the threat bearing down on Earth's heroes in this 2021 event opener. At $5.99, "Chapter One: Reign" arrives with the kind of cover that makes it very easy to pick up off the shelf.
writer Donny Cates · artist Ryan Stegman · inker JP Mayer · colorist Frank Martin · letterer VC's Clayton Cowles · cover Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer
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Raw (NM) $9
CGC 9.8 · 3316 in census $36
CGC 9.6 · 416 in census $20
CGC 9.4 · 109 in census $20*
CGC 9.2 · 46 in census $20*
CGC 9.0 · 26 in census $20*
CGC 8.5 · 13 in census $20*
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CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $20*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*
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Cast · 23 characters
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writer Donny Cates
artist Ryan Stegman
inker JP Mayer
colorist Frank Martin
letterer VC's Clayton Cowles
cover pencils Ryan Stegman
cover inks JP Mayer
Reprints
Reprinted in King in Black #1 (2021), King in Black: Symbiote Spider-Man #1 (2021), Rey de Negro #1 (2021), King in Black #[nn] (2021), Rei das Trevas #1 (2021), King in Black Omnibus #[nn] (2022), Venomnibus by Cates & Stegman #[nn] (2022)
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